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Pentagon Workers Tied To Child Porn

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-tax-dollars-at-work dept.

finalcutmonstar tips a Boston Globe report on details released today of Operation Flicker (PDF), an investigation of subscribers to child porn websites, which seems to have implicated a number of government employees in sensitive positions. Quoting: "Federal investigators have identified several dozen Pentagon officials and contractors with high-level security clearances who allegedly purchased and downloaded child pornography, including an undisclosed number who used their government computers to obtain the illegal material, according to investigative reports. The investigations have included employees of the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — which deal with some of the most sensitive work in intelligence and defense — among other organizations within the Defense Department. The number of offenders is a small percentage of the thousands of people working for sensitive Pentagon-related agencies. But the fact that offenders include people with access to government secrets puts national security agencies 'at risk of blackmail, bribery, and threats, especially since these individuals typically have access to military installations,' according to one report by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service from late 2009."

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  1. Wait, you mean the government ISN'T incorruptable? by the+roAm · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well

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  2. Re:No Story here by flyneye · · Score: -1, Troll

    This story covered the FEW who were dumb enough to get caught . Can you imagine how many didn't?
    This only confirms to me that anyone who wants to work for the government , are exactly the people to keep out of it.
    Pentagon my ass! Let's look a little closer at Crapitol hill, The Supremes, The off-White house and all of Omamas toadies, appointees,Diplofarts and our extra sleazy Secretariate of state.
                This Government is stupid. We are stupid for allowing it to get this far. We are retarded for letting it continue. We are brain dead if we don't revolt sometime SOON! We have the original plans, just wipe the slate and start all over again.

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    *Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
  3. ./ hero RMS is skeptical of the harm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And I quote:

    "I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing."

    These Pentagon officials are just showing support for RMS' lofty social ideals! Shouldn't Slashdot be defending these trailblazers?

  4. Re:Is it endemic to a certain type of person? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have had to turn in people for child porn on their computers to the FBI, I noticed that both seemed normal and likable enough most of the time, but gave off a secretive vibe when they brought their laptops down for repairs, or we had to do a manual upgrade.

    Who gave you the right to view documents stored on the computer? You should be sued too, fucker.